Latest R7000 firmware update breaks router . Unable to do a reset

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spopiela wrote:

I only found the issue solution because the tftp2.exe routine that i also  tried was showing the file location that it was going to for the file. Under CMD you see very little.

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This was explained earlier. (See above.)

There is an easy way to see if the firmware is available to TFTP. No need for an IT person.

At the CMD prompt, type DIR.

You will then see a list of what is in the active directory. If the firmware isn't there, it won't work without a bit of trickery.

It is useful, but not essential, to have the firmware in the working directory. You can include the directory in the tftp command.

If you are in CMD, just type tftp and it will show the commands that you can use and the possible modifiers.

So you can use something like:

tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put "E:\Downloads\Software\Netgear\[firmwarename]"

You may not need the quotes. They are only there to deal with any possible spaces in the path to the file.